Robert Jordan has died. Now there are many reasons to dislike the Jordan books, known as the Wheel of Time, among which I would point to his teenage wet dream portrayal of women and relationships, his use of a single action (tugging a braid, dice rolling, etc) as a character indicator, and of course the fact that the later books are thick as phone books without anything of consequence occurring within them.
These negative points must be balanced with by the fact that Jordan sold a lot of books and helped re-invigorate a moribund fantasy market, with a number of genuinely fresh ideas. We might not have the rich fantasy scene we have today without the work of Jordan.
And of course, we may never know how the Wheel of Time will end.
Monday, September 17, 2007
Robert Jordan, RIP
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Perhaps we will see someone pull together a coherent narrative from Jordan's notes (like Tolkein Jr. and the Silmarillion). Let's just hope it isn't Terry Goodkind.
B
On the plus side, maybe it will get wrapped up in a single volume. May all that is holy stop Goodkind from getting his hands on it.
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